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Identification

The Fringefin Trevally is a compressed, silvery-coloured fish. It has a yellow forked tail with a black upper lobe tip. Males have long filamentous dorsal and anal fin rays.

Size range

The species grows to about 40 cm in length.

Distribution

This pelagic species occurs in estuarine, inshore and continental shelf waters (to about 30 m depth) of Australia and Papua New Guinea. In Australia it is known from north-western Western Australia, around the tropical north of the country and south on the east coast to southern Queensland.

The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Click on the map for detailed information. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.